The Syracuse Journal, Volume 26, Number 7, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 8 June 1933 — Page 1

jiuwa/c by Arthur Brisbane TWO SOURCES A LITTLE LADY CAME HOPE VERSUS MEMORY GOLD STANDARD GONE

Information that indicates a diepression “fadeout” comes from friends in Dayton and Detroit, by wire. From Dayton Jas. W. Irwin wires that one branch of General Motors has orders for June that will exceed . that total of any 30-day period in the company's history. E./ G. Biechler, president and general manager, gives out the figures. ' , " ’ Most Important, 10,000 men, greatest number since 1929, "are working full time in the company’s two Day-, ton plants, and the new manufacturing is to fill orders, not to create stock. «. H. G. Moock of Walter Chrysler’s organisation telegraphs from Detroit that his plant has broken its records for production and employment, turn ing out 39,000 cars during the month of May. This means that Walter Chrysler continues to be a person of considerable energy. A press agent of superior horsepower introduced into the senatorial investigation room in Washington a tiny lady midget in need of conspicuous advertising. Senator Fletcher objected violently and naturally, saying that no press agent should “make a circus" of solemn senatorial proceedings. Mr. Morgan took the little lady on his lap, smiled, and they were photographed. An observer of human nature, Mr. L. J- H., remarks. “Hope is stronger than memory.** Some now gambling gaily, whose) memory is weaker than their hope, will wish, later, perhaps, that it was the other way around. Republicans joined Democrats in a vote, 283 to 57, in favpr of the theory that this country can get along without the gold standard. We have some billions of gold in the treasury, so that we are not quite “off the gold basis." No other country has as J much, and if H>me sloppy, sentimental congressional or other authority does not hand over our gold to Euro- j pe we shall keep that "gold rabbit’s! foot” to prove our “gold respectabi-j lily.” At least 122,000,000 out of 123,000-■ 000 American* have got along without gold thus far. Our kind of dollar will buy anything for sale in the j United States, and that ought to be a good enough dollar with or without gold behind it. Gandhi the sincere ends his 21day fast weighing *1 pounds. The western world . cannot understand what good it does India's millions of “untouchables" to have an old man risk death by starvation, hut Gandhi and th* “untouchables"' know'. Mr. Voliva, prophet of Zion, Hl., not discouraged by a receivership, says he has increased the city’s assets from 83 cent* to 110,000,000. Mr. Voliva is the man who investigated for himself, and can prove the world is not round, in case you are interested* Wall Street wjll be amaxed at the statement that assets of 83 cents - could be increased to 310,000,000. They would be lees surprised to learn from the Washington investigation, for instance, about 310,000,000 of watered stock reduced to an actual value of 83 cent*. Lord Derby’s horse. Hyperion, at odds of 6to 1, won the one hundred and fiftieth English derby. A fin* old English family is that of lx,rd Derby. His ancestor, the fourteenth earl of Derby, did the British empire a good turn when he helled to make the brilliant young Jew, Disraeli, prime minister of England. New Jersey's "nature colony," practicing "nature healing." believing in nudism (going naked), although it does not practice that, says members hope "to live for centuries." not merely for 100 years. Their rules include "no meat, no soap, no romance." Under such conditions, why live for centuries? Giant turtles of the Galapagos islands, with similar rule*, live hundreds of years. But what of itl Roosevelt th* First used to shake hi* big stick violently, and invented the term, “malefactor* of great wealth." But the job of disturbing the malefactor* was left, apparently, to Roosevelt the Second. What will Roosevelt the Third do, twenty or thirty years hence? Perhaps supply us with our Mussolini. British and French newspapers unite in attacks on the United States because Uncle Sam has abandoned th* gold standard without asking permission. England had done the same thing, but what England does is one thing, what the United Mates does is another. Three were kiUedin the Indianapolis 500-mile automobile race. Lewi* Mayor, on* of two that ever won the race twice, finished first, averaging 162 mil** per hour. On a straight .way course imuch higher speed would hav* been attained, but even co, assuming that speed development is Impair*. because it improves ordinary car*, this country of «reat engineer* should do better.

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STATE JOINS “WET” LIST ON TUESDAY Turkey Creek Township Wet by 58 Votes In 2 Precincts. On Tuesday, Indiana became the 10th state to vote for the 21st amendment, which will do away with the 18th amendment or dry law. Unofficial returns show* that of th* 329 delegates eleclted, 252 will be for the amendment and 77 against it. About 30 per cent of the citizen* of the United States have now voted their sentiments on prohibition and have given overwhelming support to the wets, or liberals as they prefer to be called. Kosciusko county, stronghold of the drys voted dry by 993 votes, according to figures supplied the Journal by the county clerk yesterday. Hobart Creighton, dry candidate received 4493 votes. Jesse Eschbach, 4,498 and Edson B. Sarber, 4,492, Votes for wet delegates were 3,596 for Maurice F.' Bresnahan, 3,484 for Henry P. Ehrlinger, and 3,494 for Julius Glen Harback. Turkey Creek and Van Buren townships were the only townships in this county to vote wet. Each of these townships have three precincts and in both cases two out of three Voted wet. The first precinct here with voting booths in the library voted dry: 146 agaiWsit the amendment, 128 for it. Second precinct, wet: 109 for the amendment, 82 against it. , Third precinct, wet: 131 for the amendment, 83 against it. Other precincts of the county which voted wet were; Washington, first; Tippecanoe, second; Van Buren Ist. 2nd; Plain, first; Lake, second; Harrison, first, Warsaw, first \precinct second ward; second precinct, second ward, third precinct, second ward. There were 4498 dry votes cast in this county and 3505 wet votes.

2 COUNTY OFFICERS WERE RE-ELECTED Bosses of the Democratic party in Kosciusko county received a jolt when trustees of the county re-elect-ed Harry Lewallen, county superintendent of schools, on the first ballot, when they met in special session in Warsaw, Monday. Lewallen, who is nominally a Republican, but who has been recently classified as “Independent" received 10 of the 17 votes cast by the trustees. Os these men, 9 of the trustees are Democrats and 8 Republicans. Efforts of the Democratic leaders to persuade the Democratic trustees to support a Democrat were unavailing, for Lewallen received 10 votes on the first ballot, George Plew, principal of the Pierceton school, 4; M A. Smith of Etna Green, 3;Arthur Kanold of Winona Lake, reported to be a candidate, none. Longfellow Re-Elected. Marion F. Longfellow was re-elect-ed county attendance officer at the regular meeting of the county board of education, Monday in Warsaw. Trustees supported the county susuperintendent’s contention that the educational work of the county could not be done satisfactorily without an attendance officer. There has been a sentiment in the southern part of the county, backed by the Hoosier Taxpayer League that an attendance officer is unnecessary. At the opening of the meeting a motion was made to abolish the attendance officer in this county. The vote was 12 to 6 against the motion. A motion*to postpone the election for one month failed 8 to 10. After this, Lnogfellow was unanimously re-elected, he being the only qualified candidate. 0 — OLD RESIDENT DIES Friends here learned of the death of Thomas Epert, a resident who moved away from. Syracuse 43 years ago. He died Thursday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. George Gilchrist in Indianapolis. Services for him were held Sunday In Garrett and burial was there beside his wife. He taught school in this Tkinity many years ago. WINS IN WARSAW Miss Betty Wolf “was in the money” last night, Amateur night, at the exhibition of amateur talent given under the auspices of Company L.. fa Warsaw, and proudly brought home her prise.

HAIL STORM DOES DAMAGE TO CROPS AND WINDOWS Monday's record-breaking heat for June, with temperatures ranging from 90 to 96 according to thei mometers viewed, was followed by a wind, rain and hail storm about 2 o' clock Tuesday morning. This storm was hard on window panes, damaged crops and was followed by more 95-96 temperature Tuesday and yesterday. Osborn's were busy Tuesday selling glass to repair window panes. Eight windows were broken in the Grade School building and others in the Church of God nearby. The glass was broken from the door at. Cressel Kitson’s farm property; from a window at Mrs. Rosie Bartholomew’s here in town; and Alva Ketering had 18 window panes shattered. Others with one or more panes smashed by the huge hailstones were: Harry Coy, Guy Ott, Raymond Lung Harry Groves. Ray Burket, Marion Bushong, John Harley, Uoyd Disher, C.. C. Bachman, Will Moats, Vern and Frank Brown, John Paugh, Clee Hibschman, Alfred Ott, Hallie Holloway. Mrs. Edmonds, the former home of Mrs. Ellen Holloway and the Lavi Pearman farm and glass on Orlando Plank’s door. A window was broken in Herbert Fackler’s new cottage, and hail broke the globes above the gas tanks at Houston Winters and C. E. Bishop’s filling stations. Ernest Bushong’s car was standing outdoors all night and he counted 36 holes in the top, Tuesday morning, cut through by the hail stones. John Grieger’s car top was also damaged in this way. Three trees were blown down on the South Shore Golf course, and a tree blown down in Emil Deister’s yard, on the southside of the lake, struck the house. An apple tree was blown down in Joe Lantz’s front yard, and a cherry tree at Madison McPherson's. Four trees were ruined in the storm on Al Mock’s farm. People who went outdoors after the worst of the storm was over, claimed they picked up hailstones as large as a “man’s fist." Much of the hay and wheat was damaged between here and Goshen, and Clee Hibschman said red clover and alfalfa was knocked to the ground. A barn door was torn off at A. W. Geyer’s place on the Stringtown road. Judd Ritter’s kitchen roof was torn off in the storm, and the roof on Millard Laughlin’s home was damaged. Warren Ruple was kept busy cutting up the part of a tree torn off and tossed toward’s his filling station. The kitchen roof at C. H. King’s on Kale Island leaked water after the hail made holes for it to enter, so that the floor was flooded. Mrs. Fred Hoopingarner had just finished, cleaning house, and said on Tuesday morning it looked as though all of the hill near their house had washed into her kitchen, around the window cracks and beneath the door. Two trees were blown down in Oakwood Park, Hallie Holloway discovered on Tuesday that the pier which had been in front of hi* cottage had been blown to Ideal Beach, and the one from the Bruce cottage was floating in Wawasee. Loren Eyer had to get a new automobile top, his was damaged so by th* hail stone*. Crop* were ruined in the vicinity of Benton, wheat, alfalfa and vegetables. “Peck" Kline, here in Syracuse said his tomato plant* had been stripped. Limbs across lines meant extra work for th* forces of th* telephone and electric light company. Yesterday was a record for June heat, in Chicago, the official high mark being given al 100. Here in Syracuse, the thermometer in front of Thornburg’s was Men to show 98, and may have been higher at some other time during the day, they say. The theranomoter in front of Seider’s protected from th* sun by the store’s awning showed 101 at 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon. Thia morning started out as though Thursday planned to beat Wednesday's record for heat. 0 HAS BRIDGE PARTY Mrs. E. L. Martin of Lake Wawasee entertained at bridge last Friday. Luncheon was served at Emerson’s and bridge was played at Mrs. Martin’s home. -</ Guests were: Mrs. Ralph Thornburg, Mr*. C. B. Brillhart, Mrs. So! Miller, Mrs. Myers from Boston, Mrs. Emmett Ingalls. Mrs. Hallie Holloway, Mrs. Grace Old*, Mrs. Isabel Grieger, Mrs. S. U. Hooper and Mrs. Harry Fishack. Prise for high score was won by Mr*. Mißer, second prise by Mrs. Olds. and prix* for low score by Mrs. Ingalls.

SYRACUSE, INDIANA, THURSDAY JUNE 3, 1933.

CURRENT EVENTS May 30. Delegate* to the economic conference to open in London June 12 were announced. They are: Cordell Hull, James M. Cox, Senator Key Pittman, Senator James Couzens, Representatives S. D. Reynolds and Ralph W. Morrison, retired banker. Organised labor started a campaign at unionising all the workers of the United States under the terms of the "industrial control bill." May 31. Chinese and Japanese representatives signed a truce ending hostilities of twenty months. By the terms of the truce Japan is left virtually in possession of north China and Manchuria. June 1. Evidence submitted in the Senate inquiry into the house of Morgan showed that J. P. Morgan and his partners paid a total of $51,538,074 to the U. S. Treasury in income taxes from 1917 to 1929 inclusive. If the bride ha* held a job for six months out of the last two years, Hitler plans to give the newly weds in Germany an interest free loan of $240. This is offered as an inducement for people to marry. Norman H. Davis, President Roosevelt* s spokesman at Geneva, reassured the disarmament conference that the U. S. will whole-heart-ily support international supervision of armaments, but will not promise in advance to join in penalties against an offending state. June 2. The Senate jolted the Roosevelt program by voting a 25% limitation on reductions in compensation payments to veterans, the action had the effect of adding 170 million dollars to the independent office bill which was passed shortly afterwards. This addition, with two other amendments adding a million apiece to the total fund for veterans, brought the total required under the bill to $714,740,444, instead of the $543,740,000 as appropriated when it started through the senate several days ago. Capt. Frank Hawks with the assistance of a robot established a new record for a non-stop flight across the United States. His time was 13 hours 26 minutes and w ls seconds. An explosion in the Signal Hill oil field in California killed many. Neville Chamberlain, chancellor of the exchequor told the British house of commons that unless the rest of the' world is ready to make concessions, at the world economic conference, Great Britain will wage a relentless economic warfare. June 3. The Senate gave final congressional approval to the administration’s resolution permitting payment of all contracts in legal tender. Jimmy Mattern began his around the world fliight from Floyd Bennet field. June 4. President Roosevelt summoned Democratic leaders of the house to the White House and accused them of violating the principles of the party. He condemned the action of the senate in trying to limit hi* authority to cut veteran’s pensions and compensation payments by a maximum of 25 per cent. He charged the senate action would cost the country $170,675,067 in taxes and throw the budget out of balance.

China was granted a three year loan for *50,000,000 by the Recon’ struction finance corporation, the money to be used for buying Amer* ican wheat and cotton. Estimates of the amount to be purchased by China were about 900,000 bales of cotton and 11,000,000 bushels ( of wheat. June S. Illinois voted to repeal the 18th amendment. It was the ninth state to vote against prohibition. The House passed the administration bill to reorganise the railroads and sent the bill back to the senate to adjust the differences. The Administration's *2,000,000,000 emergency home mortgage relief bill passr-i the senate and . only a reconciliation of difference between Senate and House measures intervened between the Capital and the White House. Loans to home owners will be 6 per cent. 0 BIRTH ANNOUNCED Announcement is being made of the birth of a 7 H pound boy to Mrs. Ed Farley, in Elkhart. June 4. Mrs. Farley was formerly Geraldine Kaiser of Syracuse. Mrs. Irving Bishop has received word that her sister, Mrs. Edmond Emory of New Castle, who visits often at Lake Wawasee is announcing the birth of a son, Hugh Edmond, Sunday. y

TOWN TO GET $512 OUT OF BEER TAX WHEN DISTRIBUTED The town of Syracuse will receive 5512 from the State Excise director’s office, as its share from the licensing of beer dealers, in this county, and from the excise tax on spirituous beverages. “The exact amount ready for distribution all over the state is $879,959.11, which has been raised from the sale of beer permits, whiskey permits, beer . gallonage taxes, whiskey stamp taxes and malt taxes. Os this sum $381,946.90 is ready for immediate distribution to counties, cities and towns, which, under the regulatory act, share in the proceeds. A total of $498,012,21 will remain in the State Excise fund dntil November Ist., when it will be distributed by the Auditor of State of every school unit in the State on a basis of enumeration. This fund, of course, will grow considerably during the next few months. From now on the Excise Director’s office will distribute funds to counties, cities and towns every thirty days. Syracuse will receive more license money than other towns in this county, with the exception of Warsaw, because the county wholesaler of beer being located within its corporate limits. The corporation of this county received $2,658.40 from beer revenue divided as follows: SSOO from wholesalers’ license; $2,101.40 from retailers' license and $57 from excise tax on spirituous beverages. As their share of the above sum, Warsaw received $886; Piercetonf $153; Milford, $300; Leesburg, $6.00 and Mentone $l5O. The remainder goes to the general fund of the county. o TO PROSECUTE ONE WHO WRECKS SIGNS Business people of Syracuse and Lake Wawasee are becoming indignant at the vandalism, tearing down advertising signs which is going on. When the sign of the Wawasee Boat Service and Sargent hotel was torn down about a month ago, it being made as twp parts of one sign, it was at first thought perhaps the sign was on road property, as it was placed on Road 13 at the entrance to Kale Island.. When the man in charge of work on 13 was questioned, he said that his workmen had not torn down these signs, that they were back from the road the required distance. Other signs of Sargent hotel have been destroyed on the north shore lake road. Mr. Sargent said it looked as though some one had used a sledge hammer as the signs are not only chopped off, but the face of the sign is destroyed sometimes by chopping, sometimes by throwing tar on the lettering. Those signs in this vicinity, directing people to various points of the lake, cost several dollars to be made, including cost of lumber and decoration of the sign, and rent by the year is paid to property owners who own the land at the desired location for signs. So if it is discovered who is guilty of destroying these, the sign owners promise he will be prosecuted.

SPECIAL SERVICES TO BE AT INDIAN HILL The Church of Gad at Syracuse is making preparations for a great day on June 11th. The Sunday School will meet at Indian Hill in Clee Hibschman's Woods along the shores of Syracuse Lake. The Sunday Schools from Mount Tabor and Evergreen are going to be present and at least 350 are expected to be present for the Sunday School service. Rev. John Jones, pastor of the Evergreen church will teach the Sunday School lesson to the adults. Following the Sunday School .the pastor, Rev. Marion Shroyer, will preach the morning sermon on “What to the Bible Method of Baptism?” At the conclusion of the sermon baptismal services will be held in Syracuse Lake. Then for the dinner! It will be a big basket dinner, one everyone will enjoy. At 2 o’clock there will be a genservice consisting of special songs', recitations and talks by visiting ministers. No service* at the church in the evening. Let everyone who can come accept this announcement as a special invitation from the Sunday School and pastor for him to be present to make it the greatest day in the history of the Church of God at Syracuse. ° If it rains, services will be held at the High School gymnasium. “•5 •'

| DO YOU REMEMBER—i 24 Years Ago. When announcement was made of the marriage of Qcie Pearl Stough and Brenton M. Koher? * • • 15 Years Ago. When Louise Darr fell from the wagon in which she was riding with her brother and a wheel ran over her leg, breaking it? Ten Years Ago When several hundred attended the open meeting of the Ku Klux Klan to hear the speaker explain its purpose? « • • .5 Years Ago. . When Charles D. Thompson's l horses ran away and he fell off the wagon, and his legs were injured when one of the wheels passed over them? —o—|ON LAKE WAWASEE I Virgil Simons, head of the various departments of the state, and Kenneth Kunkle, head of the fish and game department were Wawasee visitors, Saturday and Sunday. A team from the South Shore course plans to go to Fort Wayne, tomorrow to play the golf team from the North Highland golf course there. Bill Graham, Emil Deister Jr. Louis Heerman, M. Newcomber of Nappanee and Carl Tuttle will represent the South Shore Golf club. Mr. and Mrs. Claire Farr of Auburn have rented the Droke cottage near Waco for the season. Mr. Farr is a member of the Waco orchestra. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Smith of Muncie visited their summer home last week. Mr. and Mrs. John Teetor of Hagerstown were at their lake home from Thursday until Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bornainan and son from Chicago were at their cottage from Wednesday until Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Farrell from Goshen have moved to the Farrell cottage for the summer. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Farrell Sr., are spending this week in Chicago where they planned to attend the world’s fair. Mr. and Mrs. Mike Maroney returned to Indianapolis, Sunday, after spending last week at their cottage. Mr. and Mrs. Fay Patrick from Indianapolis plan to move to the Maroney cottage on Friday for the summer. Mrs. Nellie Coxon and Miss Patton from Kokomo were guests of Mrs. John Boyts, Monday. Mr. and Mrs. R. Conrad from Kokomo spent several days at their cottage this past week. Mr. and Mrs. J. Everett Jones of Anderson entertained Mr. and Mrs. Dan Smith and daughter at their summer home thisi past week. Jack Conley and party of friends came from Hagerstown, Monday, to one of Dwight Mock's cottages, which Conley has rented for the coming month. Mr. and MrSi Earl Kinnear and family of Marion are spending this week at their summer home.

Mr. and Mrs. Dean Barnhart and daughter from Goshen were guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Boyts at the South Shore Inn, Sunday. Gene Boyts spent Monday.. and Tuesday in Marshall and Indianapolis. John Boyts was a Bloomington visitor last Thursday. While there he called on Mrs. William Graham. He reports that her condition is much improved and that she plan* to return to the lake about the first of July. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fulton of Evanston have moved into the Kitch cottage for the summer. Mrs. G. W. Mellinger and daughter Blanche went to Chicago last Friday-with Mr. and Mrs. Howard Bell, who returned home after a visit in Indiana. Mrs. Mellinger and Blanche are spending this week with relatives in Chicago and are attending the World’s Fair. Mr*. Carlos Recker of Indianapolis is spending the rest of this month at the Recker cottage. It has been rented to Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Ascher of Indianapolis for’ the following two months. Mr. and Mrs. Zigler and family from South Bend are spending the month with Mr. and Mrs. T. S. I Vaughn. Mrs. Ebbinghaus of Wa(Continued on page 2)

LONE WOMAN ROUTS THREE BIG BANDITS Mrs. Emerson Prevents Robbery of Store With Shotgun Three, big, bold bandits attempted to rob a lone woman last Thursday morning, shortly before noon, and left in a hurry when they looked into the muzzle of the shotgun which she held in her hands. She ordered them to leave the store—and they left. # Mrs. A. W. Emerson said last Thursday morning, after Mr. Emerson and Dr. Wallace had gone to Marion, when she was waiting on customers in their grocery, on the southside of the lake, one of these men came into the store and bought a penny box of matches. He evidently "looked the place over and saw Mrs. Emerson was alone. He returned later with his two companions, and they bought sandwiches and loafed about tuc •’tore, as there were other customers there at the time. Becoming suspicious of their actions, Mrs. Emerson privately asked some of these other customers to wait. One was Robert Stone, a friend 'who had come to the lake with Jack Conley from Hagerstown, another was Junior Bornaman from the cottage next door, another was the maid from the Vaughn cottage. Seeing these people were in no hurry to go the would be bandits left. About 11:30, when there was no‘ customer in the store, Mrs. Emerson’s daughter Jean told her mother; “There come those men again.” They were in a Ford roadster with an Ohio license on the car. Mrs. Emerson told her daughter to run next door to the Teetor cottage and ask Charles Drudge, who works there, to come to the store. When the men entered, the three of them in a line, they announced to Mrs. Emerson: “We’ve come to get your stuff.” Mrs. Emerson said later that that “Just made her mad clear through.” She pulled her husband’s shotgun from beneath the counter and said, “Oh, have you? You get out of here or I’ll shoot the devil out of you.” (Mrs. Emerson said later that she said devil and she meant devil.) Drawing back in surprise when he looked into the mouth of that gun, » the leader of the group said: “O. K. Lady,” and they left. Not content with getting them but of the store, Mrs. Emerson followed them to their car and kept them covered with the gun until they hurriedly got it started. By that time Mr. Drudge had arrived, and the bandits’ alarm was increased when Mrs. Emerson called to Mr. Drudge “Bring your gun over here.” According to other places of business on the lake, that same group had visited other stores that morning, but finding men working in all of these, had left. They had a collection of punchboards in the rumble seat of the Ford, which it is thought had been stolen.

CAR WRECKED ON WAY TO WAWASEE When on their way to the lake from their home in Marion, Thursday evening, Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Harwood’s car was wrecked near the junction of roads 5 and 30. They were accompanied by their two daughters, Mary Louise and Harriet, and Chess Lockwood. When their car was about to top a hill, lights from a machine coming towards him blinded the driver so that he could not see the trucfc load of hay which had been left in the road immediately in front of the Harwood machine. Their car crashed in- ( to the hay load, and occupants of the machine were bruised, scratched f and cut. ' The truck of hay had run out of gas and the driver had gone down the road to get more gasoline and the truck was left standing there. Mr. and Mrs. Harwood and party completed the trip to their lake home in a taxi. 0 MARRIAGE ANNOUNCED. Announcement is being made of the mariage of Miss Goldie Mallott from Bourbon, to Harold Mock, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dill Mock, who live |on the Vawter Park-Webeter road. They are making their home in Bourbon.

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